| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1955 |
| Number: | 29 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Gunnar Gunnarsson |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1889 |
| Year, Death: | 1975 |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Halldór Kiljan Laxness |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1902 |
| Year, Death: | 1998 |
| Profession: | Author |
| Country: | ICELAND (IS) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1955 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Stellan Arvidson |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1902 |
| Year, Death: | 1997 |
| Profession: | Chairman of the Swedish Author´s Society |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |